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Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac proper noun: the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a private, stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1968 to provide market competition for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).

Proper noun

Freddie Mac

  1. (informal) The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a private, stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1968 to provide market competition for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
    • The acting CFO of Freddie Mac has been found dead in his basement, an apparent suicide. He's one of the executive team who has been clashing with regulators over how much to disclose about the ways the government has been running the company for its benefit, rather than that of the shareholders.2009 April 22, Megan McArdle, “Freddie Mac CFO Commits Suicide”, in The Atlantic
    • The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN

Origin of Freddie Mac

Modeled after Fannie Mae.

Questions about Freddie Mac

What does Freddie Mac mean?
Freddie Mac means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a private, stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1968 to provide market competition for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
What part of speech is Freddie Mac?
Freddie Mac is a proper noun.

Words near Freddie Mac in the dictionary

  1. Freda
  2. fredaine
  3. fredaines
  4. FredCo
  5. Freddie
  6. Freddie Mac
  7. Freddies
  8. Freddy
  9. Fredell
  10. Fredells
  11. Fredenburg

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